...Katja Metz; Michael Seadle Purpose If libraries truly want to be ecologically responsible, they need also to consider the impact of book and journal production on the environment. This paper seeks to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach The methodology looks at energy consumption...

...M. Höppner; W. Horstmann; S. Rahmsdorf; Wouter van der Velde; Olaf Ernst Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out whether eBooks are cannibalizing print books, as well as an assessment of factors that are influencing eBook usage. Ebooks are a hot topic. Traditional book publishing...

.... The purpose of this paper is to outline a library prototype that utilises RFID in order to enhance and speed up the current customer book search and identification processes. Design/methodology/approach The hardware to be used in the design and implementation of the prototypes include a laptop to host...

...Jingfeng Xia The management of library “pick‐up books” – a phrase that refers to books pulled off the shelves by readers, discarded in the library after use, and picked up by library assistants for reshelving – is an issue for many collection managers. This research attempts to use geographic...

...John Cookson; Michael Moodie; Lloyd Rasmussen The functionality, compatibility, and longevity planned for future digital talking books require clear, exact definitions of component format and content. NLS will achieve this by working with a diverse team of experts to establish an applicable...

...B.T. Kimbrough As the first commercially available software for reading DAISY books on a PC, LpPlayer is an inexpensive vehicle for gaining access to the new format. For this review, several textbooks and standard literary works prepared by Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic were subjected...

...Steve Noble Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) is a national non‐profit organization that provides educational and professional books in accessible media formats to people with print disabilities. The principal aim of RFB&D’s TOP project is to experiment with using digital...

...Thomas A. Peters Several aspects of the e‐book revolution are reviewed, as well as some related issues confronting libraries. Regardless of format, texts and text‐bearing devices have relationships of mutual dependence, and readers simultaneously experience both. The dominant relationship between...